June 13, 2025 • 6 mins
Charles McBee joins Mendte in the Morning to talk about the candidates in the running for NYC Mayor and the schools in the city that have been in the news for protests.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And joining me now a man who can attest to
my legal prowess, a superstar comedian, Instagram influencer, and a
man who has no idea what he just got himself into.
Charles McBee on the line, Yo, McBee.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Yo, what's up? I was not blessed with the with
the up in the morning curse, so this is perfect.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Can I tell you something? She said, we needed to
move your time slot because of Israel. She told me
this at like four point thirty this morning. She's like,
can you text your friend? I was like, no, I
actually can't because he's not seeing this till eight oh two.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Leave me over the over the years of doing talk
radio in the morning and having to have comedians on,
usually I avoid it because I'm like, they're never going
to do anything that's four Try to at least do
nine am.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
And hope they are a week.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
I asked you, and it's and to her credit because
that's what I asked her. I was like, what's the
latest available time slot we can give McBee if we're
going to make them call in? But Charles mcbe is
actually a productive comedian. Maybe you don't wake up well,
but you do get a lot done. Once the party starts.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
No, that's right, And let me tell you something. I
because I knew I was coming on to do a
show with you, I am thoroughly impressed by the organization
and professionalism that is going on this morning. I mean
not because of you, Jimmy, because of everyone around you.
I was like, what's going on here? I'm not used
to this.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
No, you don't know, Jimmy, because he's used to he's
used to calling into my show, and my show is
it's a free Yeah he knows that. No, No, but
that's that's the whole hook of Fox Fox across America
is it's designed to make the listener think they could
get a radio show someday because you hear mine and
you're like, oh, yeah, what is even happening here? I
probably get a shot at one of these things. And
we kind of do it free range chicken style over here.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
It's watchable.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
It's adult radio, is what we're doing right now, which
is me winking at you and telling you to clean
up your act for the rest of the interview.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Okay, yeah, Jimmy's idea of adult radio over at Fox
is a whole different meaning.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
All right, all right, Well, since you've brought up Andrew
Cuomo's behavior. Uh ah, there's a couple of you know
Clomo's obviously, you know he's running from mayor against this
Mom Donnie guy who everybody thinks is anti Semitic, and
there was a time where that would disqualify you. But
in a city where Columbia University happens to be, that's
actually probably the best thing Mom Donnie has going for
(02:19):
him with the youth fault is that he doesn't like Israel.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
No Columbia. Well, that's gonna happen.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
He's gonna lose the mayor race, that he's gonna become
the president of Columbia. That's how this is probably gonna end.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
And then you go there at the Gamma revolving door
of applicants going on over there.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Yeah, there's a lot happening. I just want to say this, McBay.
This stuff never happened at the schools I went to.
We didn't have protests. Nobody barricaded themselves inside of a building.
At Nassau Community College. The only time anyone protested is
when they ran out of Schlitz at Nickel Beer night.
There was that one night. It was like campus wide
outrage because mckeebs didn't have another kegis Schlitz.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
You know, he looks young enough. Freshman there he.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Does, he has he has that and he has freshman
ideals because he just wants to give a lot of
things away that sound great but aren't actually. Yeah, exactly,
he's that's that's what I said earlier. He's running for
class president. That's what's happening. That's politics today. You get
on Instagram, you hit a tennis ball with your shirt off,
or you do some type of breakdance move and you're
(03:24):
like elect me, and some people are like, yeah, like
his videos, he should be in charge. But here's a
news flash, MCB, he shouldn't be in charge. Yeah, that's enough.
Comedian Charles MCB is on the line. They're taking a
lot of shots at the champ. We had two very
good hours to start. The talkbacks were very pleasant. But
now they have clearly up the difficulty level. In our
(03:46):
number three, we're having a nice time as a guy
who goes to LA a lot. It's funny because we've
been watching this coverage of you know, things were on fire,
there was looting, there was you know, stuff of that nature.
There was a back and forth between Trump and news.
But the thing about LA that really kills me when
I go there is, and I think you and I
(04:06):
have talked to us talked about this. The reason is comics.
We like to live in New York is because we're
better looking than the homeless people here. When you go
to LA, the homeless people demoralize you because there's so
much better looking than we are.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
No, right, there's so much better looking than we are
out there, and you know their story out there, Like here,
you meet a homeless person or you walk by a
homeless person, you don't know what their story is. You
don't know. You're just like, oh my god, how did
they end up in this way? But out there you're
just like, oh, you came out there with dreams to
(04:40):
be an actor and it didn't work and you had
too much egos to move back to Nebraska.
Speaker 4 (04:45):
And here we are, but they look good.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
And you know, I'm walking out, I'm walking down the
you know, sunset, and viol I'm like, hey, how about
you give me a dollar? Like where did you get
those versace genes? But that is why, And no one
is factoring this into the analysis. They keep talking about
the riots and everything like that. But it is you
can riot year round in l A and no one
factors the sin. There's a lot of paid protesters, a
lot of agitators, a lot of dirt bags. But as comics,
(05:11):
I think we have a unique entree into why that
lifestyle and you know exists out there. One, it's the
industry of Hollywood and as you said, people following their
dreams and crashing out.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Two is there It's gorgeous out all the time. So like,
if you're gonna riot in New York, you got a
tight month or two to do it each summer, okay,
whereas La the whole year's riot season.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Also, uh, you know right now with the with the
paid protesters or whatnot, it's the only acting jobs that's
going right now. I mean, it's pretty dry out there.
And I don't know if you know.
Speaker 4 (05:42):
This, that might have been the break, the best, the
best one. Yet.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
You know, everybody who wanted to make it in show
business to wait tables. They're like, you know, what what
do you do during the day job? You like, you
wait tables. They're like, what do you do during the
day now, They're like, George Soros, You're like, Okay, if anybody.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
Needs me, I'll be throwing a rock at a cop car.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Uh mickey, now just real quick, and then she's gonna
make me go to break ahead.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
I was gonna say, you know, you know you're looking
on social media? Could you say we go to l
A all the time. You're looking on social media and
you're like, oh my god, LA is on fire again.
It's it's chaos, it's pandemonium. And then somebody goes, yeah,
it's happening downtown. You're like, downtown La, oh god, it's
always it's different.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Yeah, Downtown LA for the last thirty years has basically
looked like the second half of the Thriller video where
Michael's walking home. And but looking back on Thriller, the
most shocking part of that video is not the werewolf.
It's that Michael Jackson had a girlfriend. But h MCB,
I leave you here. They're kicking the show, pony. I'll
talk to you soon, okay, all right, buddy. The Great
(06:51):
Charles McBee
And joining me now a man who can attest to
my legal prowess, a superstar comedian, Instagram influencer, and a
man who has no idea what he just got himself into.
Charles McBee on the line, Yo, McBee.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Yo, what's up? I was not blessed with the with
the up in the morning curse, so this is perfect.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Can I tell you something? She said, we needed to
move your time slot because of Israel. She told me
this at like four point thirty this morning. She's like,
can you text your friend? I was like, no, I
actually can't because he's not seeing this till eight oh two.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Leave me over the over the years of doing talk
radio in the morning and having to have comedians on,
usually I avoid it because I'm like, they're never going
to do anything that's four Try to at least do
nine am.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
And hope they are a week.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
I asked you, and it's and to her credit because
that's what I asked her. I was like, what's the
latest available time slot we can give McBee if we're
going to make them call in? But Charles mcbe is
actually a productive comedian. Maybe you don't wake up well,
but you do get a lot done. Once the party starts.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
No, that's right, And let me tell you something. I
because I knew I was coming on to do a
show with you, I am thoroughly impressed by the organization
and professionalism that is going on this morning. I mean
not because of you, Jimmy, because of everyone around you.
I was like, what's going on here? I'm not used
to this.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
No, you don't know, Jimmy, because he's used to he's
used to calling into my show, and my show is
it's a free Yeah he knows that. No, No, but
that's that's the whole hook of Fox Fox across America
is it's designed to make the listener think they could
get a radio show someday because you hear mine and
you're like, oh, yeah, what is even happening here? I
probably get a shot at one of these things. And
we kind of do it free range chicken style over here.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
It's watchable.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
It's adult radio, is what we're doing right now, which
is me winking at you and telling you to clean
up your act for the rest of the interview.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Okay, yeah, Jimmy's idea of adult radio over at Fox
is a whole different meaning.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
All right, all right, Well, since you've brought up Andrew
Cuomo's behavior. Uh ah, there's a couple of you know
Clomo's obviously, you know he's running from mayor against this
Mom Donnie guy who everybody thinks is anti Semitic, and
there was a time where that would disqualify you. But
in a city where Columbia University happens to be, that's
actually probably the best thing Mom Donnie has going for
(02:19):
him with the youth fault is that he doesn't like Israel.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
No Columbia. Well, that's gonna happen.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
He's gonna lose the mayor race, that he's gonna become
the president of Columbia. That's how this is probably gonna end.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
And then you go there at the Gamma revolving door
of applicants going on over there.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Yeah, there's a lot happening. I just want to say this, McBay.
This stuff never happened at the schools I went to.
We didn't have protests. Nobody barricaded themselves inside of a building.
At Nassau Community College. The only time anyone protested is
when they ran out of Schlitz at Nickel Beer night.
There was that one night. It was like campus wide
outrage because mckeebs didn't have another kegis Schlitz.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
You know, he looks young enough. Freshman there he.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Does, he has he has that and he has freshman
ideals because he just wants to give a lot of
things away that sound great but aren't actually. Yeah, exactly,
he's that's that's what I said earlier. He's running for
class president. That's what's happening. That's politics today. You get
on Instagram, you hit a tennis ball with your shirt off,
or you do some type of breakdance move and you're
(03:24):
like elect me, and some people are like, yeah, like
his videos, he should be in charge. But here's a
news flash, MCB, he shouldn't be in charge. Yeah, that's enough.
Comedian Charles MCB is on the line. They're taking a
lot of shots at the champ. We had two very
good hours to start. The talkbacks were very pleasant. But
now they have clearly up the difficulty level. In our
(03:46):
number three, we're having a nice time as a guy
who goes to LA a lot. It's funny because we've
been watching this coverage of you know, things were on fire,
there was looting, there was you know, stuff of that nature.
There was a back and forth between Trump and news.
But the thing about LA that really kills me when
I go there is, and I think you and I
(04:06):
have talked to us talked about this. The reason is comics.
We like to live in New York is because we're
better looking than the homeless people here. When you go
to LA, the homeless people demoralize you because there's so
much better looking than we are.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
No, right, there's so much better looking than we are
out there, and you know their story out there, Like here,
you meet a homeless person or you walk by a
homeless person, you don't know what their story is. You
don't know. You're just like, oh my god, how did
they end up in this way? But out there you're
just like, oh, you came out there with dreams to
(04:40):
be an actor and it didn't work and you had
too much egos to move back to Nebraska.
Speaker 4 (04:45):
And here we are, but they look good.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
And you know, I'm walking out, I'm walking down the
you know, sunset, and viol I'm like, hey, how about
you give me a dollar? Like where did you get
those versace genes? But that is why, And no one
is factoring this into the analysis. They keep talking about
the riots and everything like that. But it is you
can riot year round in l A and no one
factors the sin. There's a lot of paid protesters, a
lot of agitators, a lot of dirt bags. But as comics,
(05:11):
I think we have a unique entree into why that
lifestyle and you know exists out there. One, it's the
industry of Hollywood and as you said, people following their
dreams and crashing out.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Two is there It's gorgeous out all the time. So like,
if you're gonna riot in New York, you got a
tight month or two to do it each summer, okay,
whereas La the whole year's riot season.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Also, uh, you know right now with the with the
paid protesters or whatnot, it's the only acting jobs that's
going right now. I mean, it's pretty dry out there.
And I don't know if you know.
Speaker 4 (05:42):
This, that might have been the break, the best, the
best one. Yet.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
You know, everybody who wanted to make it in show
business to wait tables. They're like, you know, what what
do you do during the day job? You like, you
wait tables. They're like, what do you do during the
day now, They're like, George Soros, You're like, Okay, if anybody.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
Needs me, I'll be throwing a rock at a cop car.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Uh mickey, now just real quick, and then she's gonna
make me go to break ahead.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
I was gonna say, you know, you know you're looking
on social media? Could you say we go to l
A all the time. You're looking on social media and
you're like, oh my god, LA is on fire again.
It's it's chaos, it's pandemonium. And then somebody goes, yeah,
it's happening downtown. You're like, downtown La, oh god, it's
always it's different.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Yeah, Downtown LA for the last thirty years has basically
looked like the second half of the Thriller video where
Michael's walking home. And but looking back on Thriller, the
most shocking part of that video is not the werewolf.
It's that Michael Jackson had a girlfriend. But h MCB,
I leave you here. They're kicking the show, pony. I'll
talk to you soon, okay, all right, buddy. The Great
(06:51):
Charles McBee
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